Eastern Sports Club (basketball)

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Eastern Sports Club
Eastern Sports Club logo
NicknameHong Kong Eastern
LeaguesA1 Division Hong Kong
ASEAN Basketball League
Founded1932; 92 years ago (1932)
ArenaSouthorn Stadium
Capacity2,000
LocationHong Kong
Head coachŽeljko Pavličević
OwnershipEastern Sports Club
ChampionshipsA1 Division Hong Kong: 1 (2018)
ASEAN Basketball League: 1 (2016)
Websitebasketball.easternlonglions.com
Hong Kong Eastern basketball team
Traditional Chinese香港東方籃球隊
Simplified Chinese香港东方篮球队

The Eastern basketball team (Chinese: 東方籃球隊), is a professional men's basketball team of the Eastern Sports Club.[1] The team also known as Chinese: 東方男籃; lit. 'Eastern Men's Basketball' and Hong Kong Eastern for sponsorship reason. The team competes in the Hong Kong A1 Division[2][3] and the ASEAN Basketball League since 2016.[4]

History

File:Eastern Long Lions logo.jpg
second logo of the basketball team

Eastern basketball team is a section of Eastern Sports Club (officially known as Eastern Athletic Association Football Team Limited). In 2015 season the team won Hong Kong A2 Division Championship [zh] and promoted to 2016 Hong Kong A1 Division Championship.[2] The team became fully professional in 2016.[2][3] In 2016, the team also participated in ASEAN Basketball League (ABL).

In the same year, the club use known as Hong Kong Eastern. .

Current roster

2021–22 ASEAN Basketball League roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)
G 0 Hong Kong Ng, Chung Tsun 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 27 – (1996-09-02)2 September 1996
G 1 Hong Kong Ip, Chun Fung 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 23 – (2000-10-08)8 October 2000
G/F 3 Hong Kong Lee, Ki 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 36 – (1987-10-16)16 October 1987
G 5 United States Raley-Ross, Brandis (WI) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 37 – (1987-02-06)6 February 1987
G/F 6 Hong Kong Chan, Yik Lun 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 36 – (1987-08-15)15 August 1987
G/F 8 Hong Kong Siu Wing, Chan (C) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 32 – (1992-04-26)26 April 1992
G 10 Hong Kong Yang, Ricky 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 25 – (1998-07-28)28 July 1998
G 11 Hong Kong Leung, Ka Hin Marco 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 76 kg (168 lb) 24 – (2000-02-01)1 February 2000
F 16 Hong Kong United States Xu, Adam (C) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 31 – (1993-02-16)16 February 1993
F 24 Hong Kong Chen, Wan Tin 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 22 – (2002-03-08)8 March 2002
F 28 Hong Kong Philippines De Villa, Joshua 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 29 – (1995-01-11)11 January 1995
G 27 Hong Kong Philippines Veloso, Austin 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 27 – (1996-09-26)26 September 1996
G 35 Hong Kong Muhammad Sulaiman, Sheikh 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 71 kg (157 lb) 25 – (1999-03-03)3 March 1999
C 30 Hong Kong Wu, Cheuk Pan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 30 – (1993-11-23)23 November 1993
C 13 Hong Kong Pok, Yuet Yeung 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 24 – (2000-06-07)7 June 2000
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Hong Kong Yu Chi Kit
  • Hong Kong Wong Ka Kit, Thomas
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Hong Kong Lam Man Chun
Team manager
  • Hong Kong Lee Shu Wing
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (WI) World import
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 12 Sep 2021

Notable players

To appear in this section a player must have either:
  • Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
  • Played at least one official international match for his senior national team or one NBA game at any time.

Local players

Import players

Footnotes

References

  1. ^ "Hong Kong Eastern". ASEAN Basketball League. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b c 東方來季組香港史上首支全職籃球隊！. sportsroad.hk (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Eastern set aside HK$10 million to become first professional basketball team in Hong Kong". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions Confirms Participation In ABL". ASEAN Basketball League. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.

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